Clinton, Obama, McCain to Address Thousands of Asian Americans at Town Hall Forum Today

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IRVINE, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will address thousands of Asian American voters by satellite and teleconference on Saturday. More than 2000 Asian American leaders and activists will gather across the country to discuss solutions to problems facing their community with all the major presidential candidates. Participants plan to gather in Ohio,Pennsylvania,Florida,Michigan,Colorado,New Jersey,Texas,Illinois, Massachusetts and throughoutCalifornia.

The presidential town hall, sponsored by APIAVote, is historic for Asian Americans who represent the fastest growing minority group in the U.S. Studies show that almost one in five US-born Asian-American voters have donated to a political campaign, larger than any other racial community. More importantly, as a bloc, their votes could make a decisive impact on nearly one in four congressional races this year.

                       APIAVOTE PRESIDENTIAL TOWN HALL
                            SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2008

    *All Times Pacific*

    4 p.m.     Sen. Hillary Clinton addresses thousands of Asian American
               voters and answers questions via satellite. Sen. Clinton will
               be introduced by Calif. State Controller John Chiang.

    4:30 p.m.  Sen. John McCain addresses thousands of Asian American voters
               and answers questions by teleconference. Sen. McCain will be
               introduced by Calif. State Assemblyman Van Tran.

    5 p.m.     Sen. Barack Obama addresses thousands of Asian American voters
               and answers questions by teleconference. Sen. Obama will be
               introduced by Rep. Xavier Becerra.

**NOTE: The event will stream live on http://www.imdiversity.com/townhall.asp and http://www.passionfortruthtv.com. For more details about the presidential

 town hall and local events across the country, please visit www.apiavote.org
                                      or

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5321/t/1874/event/distributedEvent.jsp?dis

tributed_event_KEY=13 (Due to length of URL, please copy and paste into your

                                 browser).**



    Public events are scheduled in the following locations:

    --Berkeley, Calif.
    --Irvine, Calif.
    --Santa Barbara, Calif.
    --Denver, Colo.
    --North Miami, Fla.
    --Chicago, Ill.
    --Boston, Mass.
    --Southfield, Mich.
    --Edison, N.J.
    --Columbus, Ohio
    --Philadelphia, Pa.
    --Houston, Texas


     CONTACT:  Toby Chaudhuri, 978-884-8626
               Naomi Tacuyan, 202-460-2644

SOURCE APIAVote

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Clinton, Obama, McCain to Address Thousands of Asian Americans at Town Hall Forum Today